Collation of each tome: t. 1, viii, 552 p.; t. 2, [2], 517, [1] p. (the final p. in t. 2 is blank)

Errors in paging: pages 512, 513, and 514 of t. 2 are misnumbered as 112, 113, and 114

Title page vignettes; head- and tail-pieces; side-notes

Includes bibliographical references and index

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SCNHRB has three copies

SCNHRB c. 1 (39088014683031) has t. 1 and t. 2 bound together, in a later red quarter-leather binding with mottled paper boards, raised bands, gilt-tooled spine, marbled endpapers, and a green silk ribbon page marker. Bound together subsequent to publication

SCNHRB c. 1 has bookplate: Collection of William Schaus presented to the National Museum MCMV. With embossed stamp: Smithsonian Institution National Museum; and ms. ink autograph of a former owner on front free endpaper: H. Jekel; there are brief ms. pencil and ink annotations throughout (some annotations are affected by cropped edges)

SCNHRB c. 2 (t. 1, 39088014412845; t. 2, 39088014412837) has autograph of a former owner in ms. ink: E.A. Schwarz; with stamps on t.p.: E.A. Schwarz, U.S. Nat. Museum, recd. Jan. 1927 from Bela Hubbard. There are a few brief ms. pencil annotations in the margins

SCNHRB c. 2 has modern black half-leather bindings with marbled paper boards and endpapers, and gilt-tooled spines

SCNHRB c. 3 (t. 1, 39088014683148; t. 2, 39088014683049) has stamp on t.p.'s: [Dec.?] 19, 1903; accession no. 187753 (both tomes). With a few brief ms. pencil annotations in the margins

SCNHRB c. 3 has a modern burgundy buckram library binding with gilt-lettered spine and marbled edges. A pocket with inserted library card is mounted on the back paste-down endpaper

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